Deputy Chif of Mission speaks during opening remarks of health clinic

Julie Stufft, U.S. Embassy-Djibouti, Deputy Chief of Mission, speaks to Sankal, Djibouti, residents during the opening remarks of the Sankal Health Clinic opening ceremony Feb. 13, 2014. The $322,000 facility includes a, maternity center, living quarters for duty nurses, an incinerator and three cisterns. Solar panels were also installed for electricity, and a water distribution system was connected to the village's existing water supply system The U.S. has supported more than 90 percent of all World Health Clinics in Djibouti.

Medical professionals from across the military services, foreign militaries and local community joined together to discuss challenges posed to medical personnel providing care for troops operating within the Horn of Africa and the East African region at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 14 to 16, 2017.

Brig. Gen. Howard Purcell, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa deputy commander, and approximately 50 U.S. and French military members and civilians assembled at the Djibouti New European Cemetery May 29, to honor the solitary native-U.S. military member buried here.